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Must-Have Web Browser Plug-Ins

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John R. Levine
Margaret Levine Young
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2016-05-05 13:22:51
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Plug-ins are small software programs that you install on your computer to view or play some applications on the Web. Here are the most common browser plug-ins you'll probably need:

  • Flash: Plays both audio and video files as well as other types of animations

  • QuickTime: Plays video files as you download them

  • Adobe Acrobat: Displays Acrobat files formatted exactly the way the author intended

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This article is from the book: 

The Internet For Dummies

About the book author:

John R. Levine is the bestselling coauthor of numerous books, including The Internet For Dummies.

Margaret Levine Young is a technology author who has written on topics ranging from the Internet to Windows to Access.

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